Thomas B. Dimassimo

Thomas Bruce Dimassimo (born 15 March 1984) is a US Marine Corps sniper who served in the Iraq War.

Biography
Thomas Bruce Dimassimo was born on 15 March 1984 in Brooklyn, New York City, United States to a family of Catholic Italian-Americans. Dimassimo joined the US Marine Corps in 2003 at the start of the Iraq War and was sent to Iraq shortly after completing his six-month sniper training. Dimassimo was deployed to Iraq and took part in counter-insurgency operations, and he took part in the 2006 Operation Spring Break. Dimassimo used a sniper rifle to pick off several Iraqi insurgents, and he killed several insurgents before he was gunned down. He was critically wounded, and he was airlifted out of Almaden for medical treatment. He was awarded the Silver Star for valor and the Purple Heart for his courage and injury in combat.